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Dominican orderRoman Catholic order of friars founded in 1215 by St Dominic. The Dominicans are also known as Friars Preachers, Black Friars, or Jacobins. The order is worldwide and there is also an order of contemplative nuns; the habit is black and white.
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| Spader swears by the Santa Maria Novella products, including the Pomegranate After Shave Balm, first made by the Dominican monks in Florence in the 13th century. Manhattan-based specialty store and personal care distributor, Lafco New York, has inked a deal for the first-ever, retail store devoted solely to Santa Maria Novella, one of the oldest pharmacies in the world, founded in Florence, Italy by Dominican monks in 1221. |
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